SEATTLE, Aug. 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Invictus
Foundation™, a national nonprofit organization providing individual
and family behavioral health counseling services with licensed
behavioral health practitioners to uniformed service members,
veterans and their families, announces the appointment of Dr.
Bridget C. Cantrell as its Chief
Clinical Officer.
"This is a major milestone in the growth and maturation of our
Organization," states Peter J.
Whalen, the Founder and CEO of the Invictus
Foundation. "Dr. Cantrell has superb clinical
credentials, is an author of six books on behavioral health issues
within the military and veteran communities and is a noted
researcher and lecturer, the sponsor of numerous military/veterans
workshops as well as being a consultant to the U.S. military for
behavioral health issues affecting our men and women in uniform."
Her career may be viewed by going to www.bridgetcantrell.com.
"Dr. Cantrell has tremendous credibility with our military and
veterans. She has spent a lifetime working with them. She will be
leading the clinical execution of our efforts to expand community
outreach for behavioral health services to our military, veterans
and their families that are struggling to create a 'new normal' in
their lives after experiencing the crucible of war," states Mr.
Whalen.
"I was so pleased when Peter approached me and asked me to take
the helm of the clinical leadership for the Invictus Foundation,"
states Dr. Cantrell. "He and I have had a long-term
collaboration around his dream of improving access and service
levels to uniformed services personnel, veterans and their families
that stretch back to his founding of the Invictus Foundation eight
years ago. I have always believed that he had the leadership
skills, competency, credibility and character to one day have this
request made of me by him."
"I'm excited to be involved with the Invictus Foundation in the
continued development of its Welcome Home Networks (WHN) as well as
the total quality management and continuous quality improvement of
them. I will also be working on strengthening our telemedicine
platform focused on expanding behavioral health services to
uniformed services personnel, veterans and their families through
this portal, developing an internet call-in radio show, creating
podcasts and video cloud offerings as well as expanding seminar and
conferences capabilities through the Invictus Foundation. The
long term goal remains to build out eight regional TBI and
Psychological Health Centers across the Country to which our
regional Welcome Home Networks will be able to make referrals,"
states Dr. Cantrell.
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